About this event ‘Love & Revolution’ will be projected onto the facade of 47 George Street with sound from 5.30-11pm each night from Wednesday 19 - Sunday 23 May, Cnr 47 George St & Atherden St.
The open-air light projections brings poetry and street art to life with 2021 s most-awarded poet Arab-Australian human rights lawyer Sara Saleh, queer priestess of poetry Candy Royalle (RIP) and a mural created by street artist Ms Saffaa in collaboration with Nicola Bailey and community.
On Friday 21 May join us for a special free event. Live poetry from Sara Saleh, with Candy Royalle’s brother Tonalist and Seb Blach will perform behind the DJ decks, joined by Sara Saleh with live poetry. Live on Atherden Street from 6.30pm to 8.30pm.
Curated Stories in Light runs from May 19-23 in Sydney.
For five nights in May, three locations around Warrane (Sydney Cove) will be transformed with images, music and stories of the lives and resistance of Sydney’s Black, queer and grassroots communities.
From May 19 to 23, from dusk until 11pm,
Curated Stories in Light, will project images and footage on the sandstone walls of Sydney’s Eye Hospital, Tallawoladah (The Rocks), and inner-city Angel Place.
Curated by filmmaker and producer Jacqui North, in collaboration with illuminart Australia,
the project showcases the work of photojournalist John Janson-Moore, Aboriginal elder and esteemed actor Uncle Jack Charles, composer/sound artist Andrée Greenwell, Dharug artist Leanne Tobin, Arab-Australian human rights lawyer Sara Saleh and street artist Ms Saffaa.
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Racism: Stories on fear, hate and bigotry
Editors of Racism: Stories on Fear, Hate & Bigotry – Tongan-Australian writer and Western Sydney University graduate Winnie Dunne ( right); Vietnamese-Australian writer, Stephen Pham (left); and Kuku Djungan and Muluridji writer, Phoebe Grainer (centre).
Sweatshop: Western Sydney Literacy Movement has released a new publication which showcases thirty-nine stories by Indigenous writers and writers of colour. In this powerful, urgent and timely anthology, each of the writers share their personal experiences with racism, xenophobia and prejudice.
Racism: Stories on Fear, Hate & Bigotry – co-edited by Tongan-Australian writer and Western Sydney University graduate Winnie Dunne – will be officially launched at this weekend’s Sydney Writer’s Festival. The anthology has been co-edited by Winnie; Vietnamese-Australian writer, Stephen Pham; and Kuku Djungan and Muluridji writer, Phoebe Grainer.
Sara Saleh says she is still “processing” the win of one of Australia’s most prestigious poetry honours – the Peter Porter poetry prize.
“It’s been a bit of a whirlwind and I’ve been so floored and overwhelmed,” the 33-year-old told SBS Voices.
Sara Saleh.
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Her award-winning poem, the ‘The Poetics of Fourgetting’ explores the experiences of a resettled Lebanese family from the daughter’s point of view, set on Haldon Street, Lakemba in Sydney’s west. Rich with the tensions of immigrant life, it explores recurring themes in Saleh’s work; there’s the brute force of racism, and the lyrical heartbreak of tussling with longing, desire, transgression and God. (A standout line from her first collection is the line: “hymen thick with truth”.)
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